(Colombia) Novelist and newspaper columnist, as well as former publicist, television presenter and ghost writer. With the television programme Especiales del Arte, which he directed and presented, he won a 1991 Simón Bolívar Prize for Television in the Cultural Research category. His short story “Cuestión de escrúpulos” (1979) was made into a play, along with texts by other authors, by the Matacandelas Theatre Group between 1982 and 1988. Mentirás al prójimo como a ti mismo (2001), his debut novel, won the University of Antioquia National Novel Award in 2000. I love you putamente (2007) and Esos besos que te doy (2016) are the first and second novels of his Espaldas a Medellín trilogy; he is currently working on the third part of the saga, Los abismos de tu sexo. He writes the Rabo de Paja column for El Espectador, makes a cultural programme for radio (La punta del iceberg, Cámara 89.9, Medellin) and organizes a literary gathering (Mesita de noche, EAFIT University, Medellin).